What a week
What a month
Just 2 weeks into my June raw food challenge, I have achieved about 90 percent raw, avoided alcohol almost entirely - a glass of wine Friday night, a couple of glasses last night and achieved some other goals that I have been stalling over and stalling over.
And stalling over.
I have been living with the breaks on for months and while life continues to be full of surprises, fun, beautiful people and the energy of Tokyo, somehow I haven't been feeling it.
So I knew I had a big fat clean up to do, but where to start?
Fed up of talking, moaning, complaining, I opted out of coaching in the traditional sense.
Goals including exercise had failed too many times to even be relevant let alone useful!
I had, since a trip to TGI Fridays in september, where I ate as much fried food as I could, been eating pretty poorly. Lost touch with food and lost pleasure in making food.
It started showing in many ways.
So having heard a lot of comments about detoxing and raw food and the connection between the emotions, motivation and physical health and appearance, I decided that this is the way to go.
Luckily I have 2 friends who are raw food enthusiasts and coaches, so I contacted them (which felt like an achievment in itself) and booked a date with them, then met them, set goals and started the next day. Full on. Out and out. And detoxed like mad with headaches, mood swings and utterly bizzare dreams.
I enjoyed that, made me feel very alive. Very much as though things were moving, things were changing.
The second week, that has just ended, has been less extreme in changes, the coffee withdrawal headaches are over, the dreams have settled and the emotions are calmer. Work continues to be a struggle and I suspect no amount of fruit or green smoothies will change that...
I have 2 more weeks of raw to go. I had a couple of glasses of organic red wine last night. No problem with that.
I plan to have a few drinks next week too, but the food challenges will continue. 2 more weeks until I cook something.
The most radical changes I feel are the fact that I have been fulfilling long long set goals that I had continually been avoiding.
I joined FEW
This has been something I have been meaning to do forever.
I bought a bike
My bicycle had been taken in February and I had avoided getting a new one.
Today I resolved to get one.
Chose the shop.
Walked there, chose a bike and rode out of there on it.
And I love it and we cycled around all afternoon and Kei loved it too because he was frustrated by the limitations on our mobility.
I made Blog entries
(but would someone tell me why Blogger puts a million unrequested spaces between each line if you upload pictures - it is really frustrating)
For the longest time I have been wanting to make Blog entries again.
Done.
Repotted plants
I have loads of pots and plants and there needed to be a lot of moving around, so the plants could reach their potential. mmm I need repotting!
Exercising
Little by little
A bit of hula-ing here
A bit of rhythm slider there
A bit if tai chi there
There is one huge thing that I want to do. Soon.
It's difficult and it is going to take BIG OLE BALLS and a plan.
But hey, I feel that all these other things being achieved inform that realisation.
That's the thing - I hoped these things would come together like this
Other things are that dreams come true
I got to sing with a fabulous jazz band
I got to sing with an orchestra
Gosh, when you put it like that, life is good!
Tonight's dinner - becoming a favorite. Miso and orange dressing, walnuts and cucumber. Simple, tasty, filling and nutritious. The dressing is divine.
In progress - Sunday and Monday's dinner. Courgette 'pasta' strips, cashew 'mayonnaise', basil and thyme fresh from the garden, sundried tomatoes, pine nuts and cracked pepper - delicious.
The source of the basil - I pop out and pick a bit and pop it in the 'pasta'. It feels so good to be growing things.
Grandma, Ottosan and Kei
